Preserving jar



92o lid or cover may be engaged.

Patented VDec. 17, 1929 UNITED vs'i-a'iss j. 1,73:mais

EMMA r, KIRKEVOLD, oFVBRooKIN'Gs COUNTY, socrrrdnafkora j PRESERVVINGJ'AR Application led February 20, 1929. ,Serial.No.1'3J:1}l=83.`

This invention relates to receptacles and more particularly to a preserving jar in which meat or other food products may be v stored in a partially or entirely cooked state 5 and stored away for future use.

One object ofthe inventionfis to provide a' V.jar of this character having a large mouth at its upper end and of a size not less than j Vthe interior of the jar thereby allowing large lo pieces of meat'or the like to be easily placed in the jar orremoved therefrom.

Another object ofthe invention is to so yform the jar that a number of jars. may be placed side by side in close contacting engage 15 ment With each other andvfurther to provide opposed sides of the jar with' outstanding shoulders Which alloW a large jar to be easily lifted when filled and also constitute shoul-` ders beneath which securing elements for a Another object of the invention istovso form the securing elements or'yokes that they x view of the im- Fig. 3 Vis a fragmentary sectional vieW showing the position occupied by one of the `yokes before Wedges are applied..

The improved jar includes a body portion or receptacle which is preferably formed of earthenvvare so that it maybe subjected to h eat Without being liable to crack and thereby i allow meat or the like to be cooked inthe jar and the j ar closed. This eliminates the necessity of cooking the meat in anothervessel and placing it in jars after being cooked. The

jar or receptacle issubstantially rectangulaim 'in shape andis formed with a bottom l and L Vupstanding Walls 2 and The bottomand vvallsmay r`be'of any :thickness desiredolvAY i found `.necessary according to the sizeof the jar. The` outer vsurfaces of the Walls *are* flat and unobstructed throughouttheir areas,

as shown in Fig: l, but the V Walls 2 havethjeir-r im upper portions formed with shoulders 4 which project outwardly and have their'under surfaces formed With notches o r recesses 5 constituting seats, the purpose of which WillL Y be hereinafter set forth.. The innersurfacesI 60 of the vvva'lls are smooth and unobstructed for practically the entire depth of thejarbutat 'the open upper end of the'jarthevvalls are recessed to form al ledge 6 vvhich'extends entirely about the mouth of the ,jarl and-constitutes a supporti' for the lid or'v vcover 7. This lidor cover litssnugly in the open mouth or upperend of the jar anda gasketyS 'of-rub- Y ber is applied upon the ledge so that when the lid is'presseddownwardlythe gasket Will .befvim` j: u I

compressed andan' air-tight closure formed'. ,Y

has beenprovided yokes 9 formed of resilient v Wire.) The yok'es extend'across the lid and l j shoulders and at theirjend's are formed VWith "fzs Vdepending arms 10 which terminate 'fin-inlWardly extending fingers 1l of vsufficient length to` engage" beneath the shoulders.v

.These fingersv Which are to be engaged in the" 'seats 5y to prevent the yokes from slipping lon- 80.

gitudinally of theA shoulders are so bent `with respect to the arms 10 that they initially eX-' I tend at Van'upvvardincline7 as shown inF-ig.v 3, butrwhen thearms are drawn upwardly vby the action of Wedges l2 forced betiveen the lidi-"8.5 'j and yokes,4 ask shown 1n l lr'figs.:lffand 2.,' ,thel f fingers'will assume a horizontal'position and fit snugly in the seats. TheV Wedges may bef formed of metal, Wood or other suitable?.- fmateriarl" AandH have sloping upper surfaces yi90 provided With teeth lovery Which the yoksv n v w mov'e'gas the "Wedges: are forcedn into place.

Byha'ving thevedges .formed vvith the teethv l I they 'will have firn'iengagement :with lthe# yokes and lwill be preventedv from slippingout Of'blace. .a 1

VVhen'the improvedV jar isin use7 meat. is

placed in a jar and the j arj placed inl an oven. i

After the meat has been suf'cientlycooked to f preserve jit, thefjary s'reniOVed"and thelid ,100

In orderV tosecurethe lid or .cover, there-A applied after a gasket has been set in place. lforced between the lid and yokes to press the The yokes are slipped into position and the lid downwardly upon the gasket and having wedges forced into place and exert downward sloping upper surfaces formed with teeth to pressure upon the lid so that the gasket is engage thel yokes and prevent the wedges vcompressed andan air-tight closure formed; from slipping out of place.

VAs vthe jars are sealed before the meat has cooled a partial vacuum` will be formed in the jars'and inview of the fact that. theineat v is not cooked in a separate receptacle and then transferred to the ars all of its essence and strength will? 'beretained VVhen it' is a sulhcient distance to allow the wedges to be Ywithdrawn and the yokes can then be removed l. and thelidglifted out of place by insertingan jice pick or similar prying toolinto the notch 14`v withitsend-engaging underpthe -lid `and then .prying thelid upwardly. I have,.there fore,.provided a jar in which meat or other food products may be cookedand stored untiltheyv are to-beused and have *furtherv prof vided ajarso constructed thatit may beeasp ily; lifted: by grasping'- `it beneath the shoul- Y Y ders.` It willbe further notedfrthat sincel the VWalls Behave flat and unobstructediouter sur- Vfaces a.- number of jars may be placedfsidevby .sidein close contacting'engagement with each other. y, 1 1

' Having thus describedy the inventiomf I claim:

i. 1. Apreserving jar comprising' a body open at its top and having anr internal ledge adjacent its top, the body havingjopp-osedwalls formed with Aoutwardly extending shoulders acrosstheir upper ends-rand otherwallshavingvtheir outer surfaces'flat and unobstructed throughout their entlrerareas, said' shoulders having their underl surfaces formed with seats spaced from their ends, a lid fitting intosaid vbody and supported by .saidA ledge and having a fiat upper surface, resilient yokes extend- V,ing across the lid and shoulders and having depending arms terminating in fingers extending under the shoulders and engagedinv said seats, and wedges forced between. the

tightly' close the body.

at its topandhaving a bottom. and opposed walls extending upwardly therefrom andhavf ing their upper ends recessed toform a. 'cir-A cumferent-ially extending interna-l 1edge,. Y

.shouldersprojecting outwardly from the upper ends ofcertain ofthe opposed walls and having their'under faces notched in spaced y relation to their ends to forni seats,a gasket fitted int-o said body and seated upon said ledgea lid res'tingupon said gasket and hav ing: Va flat upper surface, yokes of resilient .wire extending across the lid and shoulders andhaving :depending arms vterminating in I fingers extending 1nwardly beneath the shoul- K Y ders and engaged insaid seats, and wedges In testimony whereof I aix my signature. l?. KIltKEVOLD.v EL. s]

' vso ifea Vyokes and lid to press'the lid downwardly and Y 

